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The episode "Costume Clash" made me think a few things:

1. Camila and Lucinda's rivalry was well done.

2. Seeing Amber as a pirate and Ruby as a witch is hilarious.

3. I think this is the first holiday episode in the franchise that Ruby and Jade are in.

So I mentioned briefly in my review of "A Wander-ful Day" that Ruby seems to have a bit of a crush on James, bringing back that element from the first season of the original series where she and Jade fangirled over him. It's seen in the pilot movie as well as episodes like "The Big Sleepover" and "Baileywick's Day Off". It's more pronounced here since it's 4 moments in 1 11 minute episode. Here's what I mean. 

1. When Sofia arrives in the village with James and Layla, you have Ruby excitedly calling him Prince James as she bows to him and immediately asks if he wants to go toy shopping with her. She didn't do this formal stuff around Amber in "Veggie Good Deed". She was totally normal. 

2. When Sofia's fake wand causes her to accidentally conjure feathers that tickle slap everyone, you have Ruby going out of her way to protect James.

3. Sofia's fake wand causes her to accidentally turn Ruby, Jade, and Layla into draco-kitties. We can clearly see tell which one is Ruby given how she's the only one to maintain the color scheme of her clothes in this form. As such, we can tell that she's taking advantage of this given how she playfully tackles James at one point, and he doesn't mind.

4. When everything turns back to normal, you have Sofia using her magic to make everyone fly in the air. The order from left to right is James, Sofia, Ruby, Jade, and Layla. Ruby flies all the way over to James, where she swoons over him. It's not the focus, but it's still easy to spot.

When watching Sofia The First: Royal Magic, which I think is a good show, it seems like the show wants to portray Miranda as the more important parent compared to Roland. Here's what I mean:

1. The first episode of the series, "Welcome To Charmswell", starts with Sofia hurriedly flying the family to Charmswell, with Miranda asking Sofia why she's rushing. When it comes to the "Time To Shine" song from later, she's the first person to give advice to Sofia, to be herself. During the go carriage race later in the episode, Sofia lifts her friends' spirits by giving advice she got from her mother, where you never know what you've got until you try your best to do it.

2. "Abracadazzle" starts with Miranda waking up Sofia, and telling her how she has a message from school. She then says how she has an idea to help her out, and in poofs Cedric, who gives her a special wand. Miranda is the only original series character besides Sofia and Ms. Nettle (who runs Charmswell) to interact with him so far.

3. Miranda doesn't appear in "Magic Mayhem", but her behavior is still tied to the episode. Camila wants to prove to Cedric, who's a professor at Charmswell, how great she is at magic, and wants to help him and Sofia clean his classroom. He initially says no since it was just meant to be for him and Sofia. She tries to vouch for her by bringing up Miranda's advice about how many hands make the load lighter.

4. I want to talk about "Royal Family Picnic/Royal Playdate", since they're both at the castle. The former episode is about Amber wanting to prove she's as good as Sofia by using her magic wand, but she keeps messing up. The worst thing she accidentally does to Miranda is spill iced tea on her dress, which she just changes. The worst thing she accidentally does to Roland and James is poof ants into their pants, making them very itchy. The latter segment has Sofia invite Layla, Camilla, and Zane to the castle. During the "My Castle Home" song here, we have Sofia hugging Miranda, and Roland just waves hello.

5. "Sleepy Time Spell" has Sofia inviting Layla and Camila for a sleepover at the castle. Layla has trouble sleeping since she's never slept away from her castle, and accidentally brings her stuffies to life. Miranda definitely shows more of the supportive side given how she tells the girls how it's time to go to bed. During the second half of the episode, when the stuffies go into Miranda and Roland's bedroom, and they wake up, you have Miranda genuinely trying to comfort Layla when seeing how sad she is. I'm pretty sure she would've said more if Layla didn't run off crying, and Sofia said she'd talk to her. It's also worth noting that we see that Miranda's night outfit is a light blue robe, the same color as Sofia's pajamas. Contrast with how Roland's pajamas are dark blue, much like his royal outfit.

6. "The Lilygnome" has Professor Muddykins give everyone Lilygnomes to plant at home, and they need to be planted in the shade. Sofia says how she wants to plant hers as a gift to Miranda. She also initially goes against the instructions, and plants the flower in the sun instead of shade since she wants Miranda to have a better view of it.

7. "When Clover Met Pepper" is an episode where Sofia brings Pepper to the castle for the day, making Clover jealous. Roland is the only member of the royal family who doesn't have any lines when Sofia shows off Pepper, unlike how Amber, James, and later Miranda adore him.

8. "Kidding Around" is an upcoming episode where Miranda turns into a kid so that Sofia can play with her all day. From what we know about the episode given the "Play All Day" song, it seems like the show wants Miranda to be seen as the more active ruler given the lyrics about her always having a lot to do, possibly more than Roland.

We continue new episodes of Sofia The First: Royal Magic with "When Clover Met Pepper/A Wander-ful Day". The former segment is about Clover being jealous of Pepper when Sofia brings him home for the day. The latter segment has James accidentally break Sofia's wand, and gets tricked by a conman named Mimzy Fizzlewick into giving her a fake wand. This backfires when she accidentally turns Layla, Ruby, and Jade into draco-kitties. The first segment feels like a spiritual successor to "Four's A Crowd", but with Clover experiencing jealousy rather than inadvertently fueling Sofia's jealousy. I didn't expect Mimzy Fizzlewick to make his debut in the second segment given how, he was mentioned in the press release, but not in the promotion for the episode. I'd assume it's due to how there isn't a gimmick to market, unlike how Zandrya's debut coincided with another appearance from Rapunzel. I find "A Wander-ful Day" interesting in how it kind of leans into the idea of Ruby having a crush on James given how she fawns over him. I mean, I know the first season of the original series had Ruby and Jade fawning over him, but I didn't expect Ruby specifically to show this. This is also the first episode to have at least one of Sofia's friends be absent from both segments of an episode, those being Camila and Zane.

New episodes of Sofia The First: Royal Magic return today with the episode "Crown Chaos/Off To The Races". I won't say much about the second segment, but just know that it's a good episode that helps develop Camila's character. Now we talk about "Crown Chaos". Spoilers are ahead:

The episode involves Ms. Nettle asking the kids to put away the Crown Of Splendor, which was given to her by Merida, inside her special cabinet that only she can open. Rapunzel gets summoned by Sofia's amulet, which she genuinely didn't expect, to help battle against Zandrya, the evil sorceress voiced by Eden Espinosa. The episode focuses on Sofia's self doubt on if she's powerful enough to take on a threat like her. I think the episode does a good job showing her doubt given how Zandrya is shown to be faster and more able to adapt to magical scenarios. It leads to Sofia getting a new power, illusion magic, which allows her to make illusions of herself. It helps out given how she has Pepper and her illusion distract Zandrya while she gets the crown. As for Zandrya herself, she's definitely a scene stealing villain that helps inject a bit more life into the show. Eden Espinosa's performance makes her enjoyable to watch, even with a basic motivation, being kicked out of magic school for being too risky with magic. The episode then ends with Ms. Nettle saying how she has to get a professor for a battle charms class, which Sofia and her friends will attend. Given how modern story driven preschool shows are less about the journey of the individual hero and more about the group dynamic, even if Sofia is still the main character, t>!&#x200B;!<his works out.

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